SOA Bursary Program

The SOA Board recently approved changes to the Bursary program. Effectively immediately, bursary allocations will be based on the following Board priorities:

Priority 1

Support for eligible applicants incurring travel costs to participate in out-of-province programs that require an audition

Priority 2

Support for eligible applicants incurring travel costs to attend SOA-funded summer camps which are at a distance in excess of 100 km from the applicant’s home community. SOA funded summer camps include:

Prairie Cello Institute

Regina Summer Strings

Saskatoon Suzuki Summer String Experience

SOA Conducting Workshop

SOA Saskatoon Summer String Workshop [new initiative]

Viva Violins

Priority 3

Support for eligible applicants incurring travel costs to participate in non SOA-funded programs

It remains an overall priority of the Board to support string instrument players, but other instrumentalists may also apply.

While the Board also directed that there not be a limit to the amount that can be requested, it must be understood that not all applications may be funded nor funded in the full amount of the request, at the discretion of the jury.

Deadline: Monday, April 10 2017

Application forms are available from the links above. Applicants will no longer be required to have a separate letter sent from their teacher or ensemble director, but will require their signature on the application form as evidence of their endorsement.

The Saskatchewan Orchestral Association Bursary Program assists SOA
members to participate in summer musical development activities. Musicians aged 12 to 24 are encouraged to apply.